Type: | Bishop |
Honorific Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Erkki Kaila | |
Archbishop of Turku and Finland | |
Church: | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
Archdiocese: | Turku |
Term: | 1935–1944 |
Retired: | --> |
Predecessor: | Lauri Ingman |
Successor: | Aleksi Lehtonen |
Ordination: | 1889 |
Consecration: | 1925 |
Birth Date: | 2 June 1867 |
Birth Place: | Huittinen, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire Present-day Finland |
Death Place: | Turku, Finland |
Nationality: | Finnish |
Religion: | Lutheran |
Parents: | Jonatan Johansson & Matilda Maria Milbrandt |
Spouse: | Aina Maria Drake (1889–1937) Anna-Maria Tallgren (1944) |
Children: | 10 |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Viipuri (1925-1935) |
Erkki Kaila, previously Erik Johansson (2 June 1867 in Huittinen – 9 December 1944 in Turku) was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1935 and 1944. He was a Member of Parliament between 1917 and 1927, representing the Finnish Party from 1917 to 1918 and the National Coalition Party from 1918 to 1927.